安哥拉宪法.pdf

Constitutional Law of the Republic of Angola Part I Fundamental Principles Article 1 [] The Republic of Angola shall be a sovereign and independent nation whose primary objective shall be to build a free and democratic society of peace, justice and social progress. Article 2 [] The Republic of Angola shall be a democratic State based on the rule of law, national unity, the dignity of the individual, pluralism of expression and political organization, respecting and guaranteeing the basic rights and freedoms of persons, both as individuals and as members of organized social groups. Article 3 [] (1) Sovereignty shall be vested in the people, who shall exercise it in the manner provided for in the present Law. (2) The Angolan people shall exercise political power through periodic universal suffrage to choose their representatives, by means of referendums and other forms of democratic participation in national life. (3) Special laws shall regulate the process of general elections. Article 4 [] (1) Political parties, within the framework of the present law and statutory laws, shall compete, on the basis of a project for society and a political program, to organize and express the will of citizens, participating in political life and the exercise of universal suffrage by democratic and peaceful means. (2) Political parties shall, in their objectives, program and activity, contribute to: (a) The consolidation of the Angolan nation, national independence and strengthened national unity; (b) The safeguarding of territorial integrity; (c) The defense of national sovereignty and democracy; (d) The protection of fundamental freedoms and the rights of the individual; (e) The defense of the republican form and unitary and secular nature of the State. (3) Political parties shall be entitled to equal treatment by those exercising public pow